Giuseppe Borsato (14 February 1771 in

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– 15 October 1849 in Venice) was an Italian painter, primarily of

vedute A ''veduta'' (Italian for "view"; plural ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''. Origins This genre ...

. Known for his work as the architect, decorator, and painter to the French Imperial Court in Venice.

Life and works

From 1791 to 1792, he studied with Agostino Mengozzi-Colonna at the

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. He painted interiors of churches, sometimes in the manner of

Canaletto Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto (), was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. Painter of city views or ...

, but was also influenced by his contemporary,

Vincenzo Chilone Vincenzo Chilone (10 July 1758, Venice – 12 January 1839, Venice) was an Italian painter who specialized in vedute, after the style of Canaletto. Biography He was born into a poor family and lost his father at the age of two. When he was twel ...

. Among his best known decorative works are those at

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and

Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, usually just called the Frari, is a church located in the Campo dei Frari at the heart of the San Polo district of Venice, Italy. The largest church in the city, it has the status of a minor basil ...

. In 1807, he and his student,

Francesco Bagnara Francesco Bagnara (1784 in Vicenza – 21 October 1866, in Venice) was an Italian scenographer, decorator and landscape architect. Biography Francesco Bagnara came from a poor family and began work as a decorative room painter. Thanks to the ...

, decorated the

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. He also painted frescoes in the Palazzo Zabarella during its renovation in 1818, alongside

Francesco Hayez Francesco Hayez (; 10 February 1791 – 12 February 1882) was an Italian painter. He is considered one of the leading artists of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, and is renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories, and ...

and Giovanni Carlo Bevilacqua. In 1815, his paintings were used in a popular guide to the artworks of Venice, written by Giannantonio Moschini. In 1831, his lectures at the Accademia di Belle Arti were published by the Accademia as ''Opere Ornamentale''.

Sources

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Brief biography
from the Dizionario Biografico @

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18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Painters from Venice Academic staff of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia 1771 births 1849 deaths 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub